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mox tamen glabrescentia, supra prope basin villis longioribus 
sparse obsita, ceterum glabra; 8-12 em. longa, 3:5-5 cm. lata: 
petiolus *6-1 em. longus, glaber; stipule inconspicum, caduce. 
Inflorescentia cymosa, cymis quasi in paniculam subterminalem 
aggregatis, nee tamen recte panieulata, ob rachin alabastro tan- 
dem in ramum foliosum evolvendo terminata. Flores herma- 
phroditi nonnullis l-sexualibus masculis adjectis; alabastra 
ovato-acuta ; pedicelli pergraciles 6-8 mm. longi, pilis stellatis 
sparse obsiti; bracteæ basales inconspicus, membranacez, caduca; 
bracteole 0. Calyx spathaceus, sub anthesin 8 mm. longus, 
in latere a bracteá averso tandem longitudinaliter fissus, mox 
deciduus, herbaceus, extus pilis stellatis sparse obsitus, nervis 
gracilibus anastomosantibus, longitudinalibus perpaueis vix tamen 
sepala distincta manifeste adumbrantibus additis, valde venosus. 
Petala 5, earpellis opposita, sessilia, omnino libera, oblongo- 
cuneata, obtusa, manifeste venosa, rubescentia, chartacea, nune 
sinistrorse nunc in cyma eadem dextrorse contorto-imbricata, 
7'5 mm. longa, 2°75 mm. lata, in alveolis tori linearibus obliquis 
inserta. Stamina 10, ad apicem gynophori 2:5 mm. longi, leviter 
5-suleati, presertim in costis staminodiis oppositis, petalis car- 
pellisque alternantibus sparse puberuli inserta, et, ob insertionem 
per paria obliqua filamentorum inter se liberorum, quasi 2-seriatim 
disposita; antherze 1-loculares. Staminodia 5, petaloidea, hypo- 
gyna, valvata, lanceolata, acuta, 3°5 mm. longa, 1:5 mm. lata, inter 
stamina et carpella inserta, hisque petalisque alternantia. Car- 
pella 5, petalis opposita, inter se libera, extus dense pubescentia, 
corpore 3'5 mm. longa, in stylos glabros distinctos setzformes 
subrecurvos 1:5 mm. longos abeuntia; ovula 5-9, minuta, ana- 
tropa, ad suturam carpelli interiorem affixa. Fructus siccus; 
carpellis maturitate 3-5 em. longis, nunc singulis, sepius binis, 
rarissime ternis, indehiseentibus, dorso in alam chartaceam fal- 
catam 2°25 em. longam, 1 cm. latam productis, cæterum in 
loculum basalem coriaceum ellipticum, 1-spermum, 8 mm. longum, 
7 mm. latum, 8:5 mm. crassum inflatis. Semen, vix tamen matu- 
rum, nigrescens, nitidum. 
Burma: Tenasserim, in montibus Mawdoung ad fontes flu- 
minis Theingón Choung prope confines regionis Mergui Siamenses, 
Hearsey et alii! 
The writer is indebted to Mr. J. S. Gamble for kindly supplying 
the subjoined note on the wood of Mansonia Gagei. 
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